By Butch Herb (Butch) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I recently acquired a 1994 Argo that had originally been purchased new in 1997. It has been used very little, and currently has 75 hours on the meter. This is my first AATV and it appears that I need to make a few adjustments.

The first issue is the steering lever travel. The travel is too much and I would like to decrease the distance before the brakes are engaged. The operator's manual is not very specific about this adjustment.

The second problem involves the chains. I am experiencing some chain slap from the drive chains located just under the front floor (this would be the second chain from the front) when braking for steering. They also seem to make excessive noise when operating at higher speeds. The operator's manual says to check the slider blocks for wear; however, the unit only has 75 hours on it and the blocks reflect only slight wear. Are there any other adjustments that can be made ?

I see that Argo has a maintenance video. Since I plan on performing most of my own maintenance, this might be a big help. Has anyone seen this video and is it worth the $33 ?

Any help would be appreciated.

By David Keeso (Argomag) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Butch, I can tell you from experiance that the lever travel is either low brake fluid (may have a leak because brake fluid doesn't usually need to be added until you do a brake overhaul) or the pads are excessivly worn down. My left brake pads are very worn out and my left lever goes much furthur than the right. I have almost no left brake left now and this is due to a chain problem I have. My chains are all very stretched and need to be replaced- can't do it now but hopefully in the early spring so I have to constantly correct the steering and it goes to the right. This is the problem with running with stretched chains. The chain noise is either a missing slider block resulting in one of the tensioners rubbing on the chain (I also have this problem and it is very noisy) or it could also be that the chains have become stretched somewhere (somehow) and they just move around more than they should. Did the previous owner run it hard in that 75 hour period?

Check these things out and let me know- or feel free to e-mail me at argo_mag@hotmail.com (I won't be able to reply for a couple days as I am down in Florida and Dad's computer won't let me into hotmail due to stupid block outs on their network.